Hi everyone,
I have visited the site, the show flat is very nice but the amount of development in the surrounding area is staggering. How IAP think we will get any decent rental income is beyond me. There are thousands of buy to let holiday properties in this area. They can't all rent out frequently, in fact I would say that only a small percentage will be rented out frequently. I think this development is definitely one for the longer term investor. We know a girl who owns a property very close to this development and she struggles to get 10 weeks rent per year!
The amount of property for sale is also staggering in this area. New and older properties are not moving until the prices are dropped to a level that means minimal profit.
Remember as well, there are several phases to this development, the IAP block is one block of many. My information is that the various phases of this development will continue through to 2011. So, a building site until then. Who is going to holiday in a building site whilst the other blocks are built?
Food for thought, I have invested, so in for the long term. There is no bail out now available to investors. IAP will not help one bit if you did try to bail out.